what is meaning of copyright or all rights Reserved for Articles/poems etc? How to get my writeups copyrighted

Answer 1

In India according to the The Copyright Act, 1957 section 14. Meaning of copyright- For the purposes of this Act, "copyright" means the exclusive right subject to the provisions of this Act, to do or authorise the doing of any of the following acts in respect of a work or any substantial part thereof, namely :-
(a) In the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work not being a computer programme,-
(i) To reproduce the work in any material form including the storing of it in any medium by electronic means,
(ii) To issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation,
(iii) To perform the work in public, or communicate it to the public,
(iv) To make any cinematograph film or sound recording in respect of the work,
(v) To make any translation of the work
(vi) To make any adaptation of the work
(i) To do, in relation to a translation or an adaptation of the work, any of the acts specified in relation to the work in sub clauses (I) to (vi)
(b) In the case of a computer programme-
(c) To do any of the acts specified in clause (a)
(i) To sell or give on hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the computer programme, regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions
(d) In the case of an artistic work,-
(e) To reproduce the work in any material form including depiction in three dimensions of a two dimensional work or in two dimensions of a three dimensional work,
(i) To issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation
(ii) To issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation
(ii) To include the work in any cinematograph film,
(iii) To make any adaptation of the work
(iv) To do in relation to an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work in sub clauses (i) to (iv)
(f) In the case of a cinematograph film-
(g) To make a copy of the film, including a photograph of any image forming part thereof.
(i) To sell or give on hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the film, regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions.
(ii) To communicate the film to the public
(h) In the case of a sound recording-
(i) To make any other sound recording embodying it,
(ii) To sell or give on hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the sound recording regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions,
(iii) To communicate the sound recording to the public
Explanation - For the purposes of this section, a copy which has been sold once shall be deemed to be a copy already in circulation.]
In India you can get your writeups copyrighted under section 45. Entries in Register of Copyrights- (1) The author or published of, or the owner of or other person interested in the copyright in, any work may make an application in the prescribed form accompanied by the prescribed fee to the Registrar of Copyrights for entering particulars of the work in the Register of Copyrights.
[(Note: Added by Act 23 of 1983, S.16 (w.e.f. 9-8-1984) Provided that in respect of an artistic work which in used or is capable of being used in relation to any goods, the application shall include a statement to that effect and shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Registrar of Trade Marks referred to in Section 4 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (43 of 1958), to the effect that no trade mark identical with or deceptively similar to such artistic work has been registered under than Act in the name of, or that no application has been made under that Act for such registration by, any person other than the applicant.]
(2) On receipt of an applicant in respect of any work under sub section (1), the Registrar of Copyrights may, after holding any such inquiry as he may deem fit, enter the particulars of the work in the Register of Copyrights.

Answer 2

Copyright laws protect your creative works (stories, poems, pictures, music, etc.) from authorized copying or distribution without your persmission.

"All rights reserved" means that the copyright holder is not granting any automatic license or any automatic permission to anyone. It was needed under some older copyright treaties in some countries, but is pretty much assumed now.

In the US (and many other countries), you automatically have copyright protection for anything that you write -- but there are ways to make the protection stronger. Such as registering the copyright with the govt.

In the US, the copyright office is http://www.copyright.gov

Answer 3

The cheap non-published writers method: Mail a copy of them to yourself and do not open them. That way you have eventual proof if you ever need it, which you probably will not. Creative works are copyrighted at creation, in theory.

Answer 4

Creative works are automatically copyrighted when they are created. You can register your copyright, which gives you additional protection and proof your copyright.